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  1. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction
    Author: Beer, Gillian
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings. A new edition of the classic study, featuring... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings. A new edition of the classic study, featuring a new essay and an updated bibliography

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511770401; 9780521743617; 9780521767699; 1282651447; 9781282651449; 9780511768736
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: HL 1101 ; HL 2565 ; HL 2745 ; HL 1091 ; HL 1331
    Edition: 3. ed
    Subjects: Evolution (Biology) in literature; Literature and science; Evolution in literature; Nature in literature; Narration (Rhetoric); English fiction
    Other subjects: Eliot, George (1819-1880); Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
    Scope: XXXIII, 294 S., graph. Darst
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-289) and index

    Previous ed.: 2000

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction; I THE REMNANT OF THE MYTHICAL; II 'THE SECOND BLOW'; III PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE; PART I Darwin's language; CHAPTER 1 'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world; CHAPTER 2 Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order; PART II Darwin's plots; CHAPTER 3 Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The Origin; CHAPTER 4 Darwinian myths

    PART III Responses: George Eliot and Thomas HardyCHAPTER 5 George Eliot: Middlemarch; CHAPTER 6 George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life; CHAPTER 7 Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative; CHAPTER 8 Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels; CHAPTER 9 Darwin and the consciousness of others; Notes; INTRODUCTION; 1: 'PLEASURE LIKE A TRAGEDY': IMAGINATION AND THE MATERIAL WORLD; 2: FIT AND MISFITTING: ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND THE NATURAL ORDER; 3: ANALOGY, METAPHOR AND NARRATIVE IN THE ORIGIN; 4: DARWINIAN MYTHS; 5: GEORGE ELIOT: MIDDLEMARCH

    6: GEORGE ELIOT: DANIEL DERONDA AND THE IDEA OF A FUTURE LIFE7: DESCENT AND SEXUAL SELECTION: WOMEN IN NARRATIVE; 8: FINDING A SCALE FOR THE HUMAN: PLOT AND WRITING IN HARDY'S NOVELS; 9: DARWIN AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OTHERS; Select bibliography of primary works; CHARLES DARWIN; GEORGE ELIOT; Further reading related to Charles Darwin; Index
  2. Darwin's plots
    evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and nineteenth-century fiction
    Author: Beer, Gillian
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings. A new edition of the classic study, featuring... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
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    Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
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    This text demonstrates how Darwin overturned fundamental cultural assumptions in his narratives, how George Eliot and other writers pursued and resisted their contradictory implications in their writings. A new edition of the classic study, featuring a new essay and an updated bibliography

     
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Content information
    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511770401; 9780521743617; 9780521767699; 1282651447; 9781282651449; 9780511768736
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: HL 1101 ; HL 2565 ; HL 2745 ; HL 1091 ; HL 1331
    Edition: 3. ed
    Subjects: Evolution (Biology) in literature; Literature and science; Evolution in literature; Nature in literature; Narration (Rhetoric); English fiction
    Other subjects: Eliot, George (1819-1880); Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
    Scope: XXXIII, 294 S., graph. Darst
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-289) and index

    Previous ed.: 2000

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction; I THE REMNANT OF THE MYTHICAL; II 'THE SECOND BLOW'; III PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE; PART I Darwin's language; CHAPTER 1 'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world; CHAPTER 2 Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order; PART II Darwin's plots; CHAPTER 3 Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The Origin; CHAPTER 4 Darwinian myths

    PART III Responses: George Eliot and Thomas HardyCHAPTER 5 George Eliot: Middlemarch; CHAPTER 6 George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life; CHAPTER 7 Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative; CHAPTER 8 Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels; CHAPTER 9 Darwin and the consciousness of others; Notes; INTRODUCTION; 1: 'PLEASURE LIKE A TRAGEDY': IMAGINATION AND THE MATERIAL WORLD; 2: FIT AND MISFITTING: ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND THE NATURAL ORDER; 3: ANALOGY, METAPHOR AND NARRATIVE IN THE ORIGIN; 4: DARWINIAN MYTHS; 5: GEORGE ELIOT: MIDDLEMARCH

    6: GEORGE ELIOT: DANIEL DERONDA AND THE IDEA OF A FUTURE LIFE7: DESCENT AND SEXUAL SELECTION: WOMEN IN NARRATIVE; 8: FINDING A SCALE FOR THE HUMAN: PLOT AND WRITING IN HARDY'S NOVELS; 9: DARWIN AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OTHERS; Select bibliography of primary works; CHARLES DARWIN; GEORGE ELIOT; Further reading related to Charles Darwin; Index